I think we agreed that there would be no limit on when the shots were taken, as for a lot of people having to shoot in a restricted time frame was a deterrent. So how about, for just one month, we explicitly time-limit it? There were some who said that they liked the challenge of shooting to a deadline.

So for example, October's theme could be "September 2017" - not sure whether we should add a subject theme as well.

I think we agreed that there would be no limit on when the shots were taken, as for a lot of people having to shoot in a restricted time frame was a deterrent. So how about, for just one month, we explicitly time-limit it? There were some who said that they liked the challenge of shooting to a deadline.

So for example, October's theme could be "September 2017" - not sure whether we should add a subject theme as well.

John

Great idea, John. I think making the \October theme any shot of any subject taken during September will create a wide enough brief not to deter anyone from entering and it can act as a trial run for the possible future direction of the competition.

__________________John

"A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there — even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

Yes, something like that. I take as many photos on my iPhone as with my camera as it's easy to use and upload BBC Weather Watcher pictures. Also I like to add photos along the way to my daily journal. So a free round might add some extra entrants/photos.

Yes, something like that. I take as many photos on my iPhone as with my camera as it's easy to use and upload BBC Weather Watcher pictures. Also I like to add photos along the way to my daily journal. So a free round might add some extra entrants/photos.

I often take photos with my phone, but they rarely go anywhere as there isn't much I can do with them!

Quite a few of us still like to use film cameras too, so there is yet another opportunity.